Chess, like mathematics and music, is a nursery for child prodigies.

With age brings wisdom

Astronomy, as nothing else can do, teaches men humility.

I get so tired of people acting like, you know, black men and women never help each other, never support each other.

I'd get sent home from the first audition of So You Think You Can Dance. My dancing is sort of controlled spasms. I fully accept it might appear ridiculous. But it's passionate!

For a long time, my shows were about people walking out or about getting my gigs canceled or having the presenter not wanting to pay me.

And you can't really cover people critically that you're friends with.

What I'm saying is that I tried very hard to give them my reality and my reality is kind of interesting.

Eloquence is the essential thing in a speech, not information.

The secret of freedom, courage.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.